A few weeks ago I wrote about an investment opportunity in the form of a project deploying wind energy integrated with compressed air energy storage (CAES), and mentioned some good news: a large investor group has offered $40 million in …
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2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie writes from his home in Buckinghamshire, England (pictured): Hi Craig, This could be one more technology on the path to powering the world mostly using wind and solar. Whilst this is the biggest energy storage system …
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From GreenTech Media: New York’s utility regulator approved construction of a 316-megawatt battery storage plant that would replace fossil-fueled capacity in New York City.
Here’s a concept that’s one more variation on the theme of doing work against gravity to store potential energy from intermittent sources, to be delivered as needed. It employs automated cranes that pick up bricks and move them sideways, as …
Readers may recall discussion of an investment opportunity in the form of a project deploying wind energy integrated with compressed air energy storage (CAES); we’ve been working on it for some time now. Good news: a large investor group has …
Southern California’s City of Glendale, just northeast of downtown Los Angeles, has scrapped plans for a $500 million 262 MW gas peaker plant in lieu of an array of clean energy alternatives that include battery energy storage that when implemented, this integrated …
It’s good to see that Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) is still in the news. Though it’s been around for decades, it hasn’t enjoyed successful commercialization, but perhaps that’s about to change.
About a decade ago, a client hired me to evaluate a start-up in the energy storage field called Advance Rail Energy Storage (ARES). The concept is a variation on the theme of pumped hydro, which currently represents more than 95% …
Question: Everybody loves solar energy (and wind too), since it’s abundant, clean, and increasingly inexpensive. Yet, it’s not always available when the demand for power is greatest, which means that a lot of it cannot be used. What percentage is, …
Question: The aircraft we come in contact with on a day-to-day basis flies in the troposphere, i.e., under about 50,000 feet. Are there aircraft that function in the layer above that, i.e., the stratosphere? If so, how are they powered and …
